COLUMBIA, Mo 5/18/16 (Beat Byte) -- A videotaped encounter between a Columbia police officer and a young black man graphically illustrates the strained relationship between cops and African-Americans.

Nearly 12,000 people have watched the 7-minute video, posted on Facebook about a month ago.

It follows a loud, heated argument between Officer Chris Papineau and a resident nicknamed "Coot" who accuses Papineau of planting drugs to secure a conviction.

A palpable rage surfaces between the two men that draws from a well of frustration deeper than this single encounter would suggest. Their mano a mano square-off is a duel of accusations during which both men seem powerless to achieve the justice each thinks he deserves.

"I'm tired of you accusing us of being crooked," Papineau tells Coot, as his partner watches silently.

"You planted drugs on me," Coot fires back.

"I didn't plant shit on you," Papineau says.

"You did and I got a tape to prove it!"

"Go ahead and prove it! Get out of my face!"

"You're goin' down! In a court of law!" Coot says. "You're goin' down and that's all there is to it!"

The idea a police officer would jeopardize his career by planting drugs is far-fetched, but Coot argues it with such passion that observers off-camera think something momentous is unfolding.

"You're so fucking stupid that you put the dope too far under the seat for anyone in the car to have put it there," Coot says to Papineau. "Even the state is saying that!"